Candlestick



S. SKERPAN.

CANDLESTICK.

APPLICATION FILED MAY5.19I9 1,315,872.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

FIG; 1

TIIB COLUMMA PLANOGRAP" cm, WASHINGTON, n. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

snnnnt sknnrniv, or ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

- onnnnnsricn.

candles of different diameters may be readily accommodated, and in which the clamping bars are so adjustable as to have candles of different diameters centrally located of the supportingbase.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts here inaft-er more fully described, and shown in the accompanying drawing, in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts through the several views In the drawing, t

Figure 1 is a side elevational view'of a candle stick which is constructed in accordance with the present invention, the same being partly broken away and shown in section, better to illustrate the adjusting means for the movable clamping blocks,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view partly broken away and partly in section,

Flg. 3 is a side elevatlonal v1ew of a p01 tion of the device,

Fig. 41 is a vertical sectional view taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 1 showing the screw operated candle clamping block, and r Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view on line V-V of Fig. 1 showing the adjustably mounted candle clamping block. 1

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 6 denotes a candle stick for a supporting base 7 of any approved form of design, preferably as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 while the upper end thereof is peculiarly constructed to receive a pair of adjustably mounted clamping blocks 8 and 9. The upper end of the stick 6 is provided with upstanding parallel guide bars 10 carrying inwardlydirected flanges 11 which form a recess 12 at the upper end of the stick '6. A pair of end plates 13 and 14 extend between the guide bars 10 and constitute end bearings for a screw 15 and are retained in position by fas- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

. 5 Application filed May 5,1919. Serial No. 294,967.

toning screws 13", the end 16 of the screw 15 being revolubly mountedin the end plate 13 against longitudinal movement while the other end thereof freely extends through theplate 141 and is provided with an operating handle 17 upon the outwardly project ing end thereof. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the end of the screw 15 adj acentthe plate 13 is free of threads and has a plain cylindricalsurface 18 as isillustrated.

The clamping blocks 8 and 9 have their lower ends positioned in the recess 12 of the stick 6, the clamping block 8 having a centrally depending lug bifurcated to provide a pair of legs 19 that are adapted to straddle the smooth portion 18 of the bolt 15 while depending teeth 20 are carried laterally thereof and are adapted for selective engagement in corresponding openings 21 in the upper face of the flanges 11, as is clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 5. As shown in Fig. 1, the lower end of the clamping block 9 is T-shaped as at 22. to provide laterally projecting sides positioned beneath.

the overhanging flanges 11, there being provided a threaded opening 23 in the T-shaped end 22 of the clamping block 9 for engagement with the threaded portion 15 of the bolt as more clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

In the use of the device, a candle indicated by the reference character A is centrally mounted upon the upper flanges 11 and a guide block 8 lowered into the recess 12 of the stick head with the forked end 19 straddling the smooth portion 18 of the screw while the teeth 20 of the block 8 are received in adjacent sockets 21 in said flanges. By manipulating the screw 15 through the medium of the handle 17, the. block 9 is moved laterally of the stick head through the opening 12 until the same properly engages the lower end of the candle 8 to securely'hold the same in a rigid condition. By reversing the movement of the screw, the block is moved in a direction away from the candle A and the candle may be removed therefrom. By this arrangement of holding the clampingblock immovable, candles of different diameters may be readily accommodated to a single stick of standard size and the commercial value thereof will thereby be increased.

What I claim as new is i 1. A candle stick comprising a supporting base, a pair of spaced parallel guide bars formed on the upper end thereof, the upper faces of said bars having corresponding sockets formed therein, a clamping block having its lower end' received between said bars, teeth carried by said block adapted to bereceived in the sockets in said bars, holdi ing said block in fixed clamping block freely sli able between said bars, said second block having athreaded opening therein, and a threaded bolt associated with said bars and blocks adapted to move said second block toward and away fromthe first'block to accommodate candles of different sizes.

2; -A candle stick comprising a supporting base, a pair of spaced parallel guide bars formed on the upper end thereof, inwardly directed flanges carried by said bars, said flanges having corresponding sockets formed therein, a clamping block having a forked Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the osition, a second lower end loosely received between said guide bars, depending lugs carried by said block for said block in adjusted position, a second clamping block having an inverted T-shaped lower end received between said guide bars, the lower end of the second block having a threaded opening therein registering with the space between the fork of the first block, and a threaded bolt carried by the supporting base a$ociatedwith the threaded openingin the secondnamed clamping block, and having a plain portion passingthrough the fork of the first named block, whereby the second named block is adapted to be shifted upon movement of the screw.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

SAMUEL SKERPAN,

"Commissioner of Iatents;

Washington, IL- 6.

seating in said sockets for holding 

